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National Law University, Jodhpur
In association with
Khaitan & Co
and
The Competition Commission of India
KNOWLEDGE & RESEARCH PARTNERS
COMPETITION BRIEF
THE TENTH NLU ANTITRUST LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019 National Law University, Jodhpur
INDEX
Message from the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor ...... 2 About National Law University, Jodhpur ...... 3 About the NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition ...... 3 About Competition Commission of India ...... 4 About Khaitan & Co...... 4 About Eastern Book Company & SCC Online ...... 4 Institutions Participating in the Ninth NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition ...... 5 Judges of the Competition ...... 6 Schedule of the Competition ...... 15 About the Moot Court Committee ...... 16 Contact Persons ...... 17 Competition Venue ...... 17
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MESSAGE FROM THE HON’BLE VICE CHANCELLOR
Mooting is a fundamental component of the teaching pedagogy delivering a holistic approach to learn the law, imparting quality legal education, aiming at acquisition of efficient lawyering skills involving an intricate blend of knowledge of legal principles on the substantive side with equal emphasis on argumentative dexterity, alert and instant responses and adherence to technical procedural formalities. It trains a student on how to find the relevant law, develops abstract thinking and facilitates in understanding the legal issues. Moot court competitions provide students a valuable opportunity to hone both their written and oral advocacy skills in this competitive field, inculcating in them the need for effective presentation of facts, patient hearing to pointed yet tedious questions from the learned judges, with a polished and appropriate behaviour that is both humble, and rich in manners yet displaying a firm and a confident demeanour. The University has consistently acknowledged the importance of mooting as a critical component of legal education. One of the significant contributions of National Law University, Jodhpur in the important zone of moot court competitions has been not only extensive participation and displaying excellence in mooting at both national and international levels, but also hosting its flagship ‘Antitrust Moot Court Competition’. Running into its tenth year, it provides an efficacious platform to the student fraternity from various law schools across the country to demonstrate their talent and further polish their mooting aptitude by allowing them to argue before expert practitioners and academicians, including judges from the Competition Commission of India and Khaitan & Co. The thematic content is undeniably of vast importance worldwide as also specifically at the domestic front. With mergers and acquisitions becoming an integral and a popular trait in the global scenario having extensive economic ramifications right from the nineteenth century, its understanding and the focus on other anti-competitive agreements has become an important facet of an ever emerging jurisprudence of competition law. In conformity with the Indian constitutional goals of prevention of concentration of economic power in the hands of few to the common detriment, antitrust legislations aim at maintaining a healthy balance between the freedom to carry a business and trade on one hand and its control through prevention of antitrust and anti-competitive practices on the other hand. I congratulate the entire team of NLU Jodhpur in their endeavour to organise the Tenth NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition, 2019 and wish all the best to the participating teams. I hope the competition would be rich in talent, poignant with appropriate behaviour, with resulting comradeship and the bonding of ties not merely amongst the participating teams but also of the institutions they represent.
-Hon’ble Prof. Poonam Saxena
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ABOUT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR
National Law University, Jodhpur (“University”) is an eminent institution, contributing to the advancement of learning, teaching, research and dissemination of knowledge in the field of law. The University has developed a holistic approach towards understanding law and justice from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The University offers unique five year integrated undergraduate programs i.e. B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) to generate especially skilled global legal professionals. It endeavors to develop skills in research, advocacy, judicial and other legal services, as well as instill a deep sense of social responsibility in students. The University is committed to the advancement of knowledge and learning and is striving to become a centre for excellence in legal studies. It is dedicated to churning out committed lawyers with highest academic and professional standards and producing top quality legal scholarship. The University attributes great importance to moot court competitions and employs them as a tool of learning. It encourages both the participation in, and the organization of, moot court competitions and enjoys a stellar reputation for its impeccable hospitality and management capabilities. As an initiative to promote co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, the University has been organizing NH-65, an inter-university academic and cultural fest and Yuvardha, an inter-university sports fest, apart from the NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition.
ABOUT THE NLU ANTITRUST LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
The NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition (“Moot”) is the flagship moot court competition of National Law University Jodhpur, an initiative conceived to generate interest in competition law amongst law students across the nation. Participation in the Moot entails engaging in research on contemporary issues pertaining to competition law and pleading a hypothetical dispute before the appropriate forum. The NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition is the first moot court competition in India in the area of competition law. The University has successfully organized nine previous editions of the Moot. The present edition of the Moot, which is being organized and hosted by the University under the patronage of the Competition Commission of India and in association with Khaitan & Co, has participants representing 38 law schools. As competition law is a unique and niche area of law, the Moot is considered as one of the most prestigious and coveted moot court competitions in India.
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ABOUT COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA
The Competition Commission of India has been established in order to regulate competition in the market, to prevent any adverse effects to the consumers, and to promote economic growth in the country. One of its mandates is to partake in efforts with various stake holders to promote competition advocacy, create public awareness and impart training on issues pertaining to competition law. The Competition Commission of India, as part of its competition law advocacy initiatives, has associated itself with National Law University, Jodhpur in the organization of the NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition. The Commission’s support has been unwavering since the inception of the Moot in 2010. This association has created awareness of the work profile of the Competition Commission of India amongst students of various law schools across the country.
ABOUT KHAITAN & CO
Khaitan & Co (“The Firm”) is one of India’s oldest and largest Indian law firms. Founded in 1911, the firm combines a rich heritage of over a hundred years with a modern and cutting-edge practice. The Firm’s mission is to enable business by providing full service legal solutions to their domestic and international clients by understanding and anticipating their legal needs and providing them with pragmatic and commercial solutions. The Firm is known globally for its exceptional Competition/Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate& Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Infrastructure & Resources, Estate Planning, Trusts & Private Clients, Funds, Intellectual Property, Labour & Employment, Real Estate, Direct Tax, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, White Collar Crime and Indirect Tax practices. The Firm has a proven track record of successfully steering clients through the largest of transactions, complex investigations and high stakes litigation. Khaitan & Co has been at the helm of major headline transactions and litigations in all segments of industry, besides advising major multi-national corporates on their entry into the Indian market and their business strategy.
ABOUT EASTERN BOOK COMPANY & SCC ONLINE
Established in 1942, the Eastern Book Company (“EBC”) Group is the intellectual giant in Indian law publishing, with offices in several Indian cities. EBC publishes a wide range of legal commentaries, student texts, law reports and digests, and its products include pioneering works both in the print and electronic medium. With a list of over 550 authoritative and well-known titles, it is well recognised for its contribution to legal literature worldwide. Enterprise and innovation imbue each new publication. Eastern Book Company’s products have been a hallmark for quality, reliability and reasonable price. Not only is perfection desirable in itself but what is keenly felt is a desire to give the legal fraternity works of the highest standard and dependability. Using the finest of technological innovations, EBC has pioneered law information databases for making law easily accessible in the electronic medium. This has appeared in a revolutionary form, in the electronic medium,
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as SCC Online’s Supreme Court Case Finder (SCC Online). This Information Database and search program is a proven source for quick retrieval of case-law precedents of the Supreme Court of India.
INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE NINTH NLU ANTITRUST LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
[In alphabetical order] Amity Law School, Delhi Lloyd Law College, Noida Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai Christ University, Bengaluru National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law National Law Institute University, Bhopal University, Visakhapatnam DES’s Shri. Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune National Law School of India University, Bangalore Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law National Law University, Delhi University, Lucknow Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, National Law University, Odisha Aligarh Government Law College, Mumbai National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad School of Law, Sastra University, Thanjavur ICFAI University, Dehradun SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai ILS Law College, Pune Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad Institute of Law, Kurukshetra University, Symbiosis Law School, Noida Kurukshetra Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Symbiosis Law School, Pune Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat University Institute of Legal Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh Law Centre I, Faculty of Law, University of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi New Delhi Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, University of West Bengal National University of Juridical Delhi Sciences, Kolkata
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JUDGES OF THE COMPETITION
Aakanksha Kumar Aakanksha Kumar was teaching as full-time Assistant Professor at Amity Law School, Amity University Chattisgarh until February 2019 and is now pursuing her doctoral studies at National Law University, Jodhpur. She has previously been an Assistant Professor at National Law University, Jodhpur from July 2014 till May 2017 and has headed the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law (CARTAL), National Law University, Jodhpur and handled the activities of the flagship journal- Indian Journal of Arbitration Law. She is an alumnus of the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, and was awarded 15 gold medals for her amazing academic performance She graduated from National University of Singapore in June 2013 with specialized Masters in International and Comparative Law. She continues to write in areas of domestic and international arbitration, and nurtures a special interest in Intellectual Property Law and Competition law. She also speaks as a guest faculty at CII and CREDAI Arbitration workshops and conferences. She has been a regular judge of the Competition since 2015.
Aayush Singhal After graduating from BA LLB(Hons.) at National Law University, Delhi in 2016, Aayush worked at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, Delhi for 1.5 years. During his stint at Luthra, his areas of engagement included Infrastructure Projects, Insolvency & Bankruptcy matters and Project Finance. He left Luthra to write CLAT PG 2018 exam and secured the AIR 1. He currently works at ONGC, Mumbai, dealing primarily with Arbitrations and Court cases on a variety of issues.
Abhijay Negi Abhijay Negi is an advocate practicing at the Uttarakhand High Court, where he is litigating on issues of public interest. He completed his post-graduation in International and Comparative Law from University of Oxford on full scholarship in November 2017 and had earlier graduated from NLU Jodhpur as batch rank one in the class of 2016, specialising in Constitutional Law Honors. In 2015, he was given India's Best Law student award by former Chief Justice of India, Justice TS Thakur for his paper presentation on Legal Education Reform and Access to Justice at NLSIU, Bengaluru. He founded Making a Difference, Dehradun city's largest student activist group in 2011 whose campaigns for environmental rejuvenation have persuaded the State Government to rejuvenate Dehradun's Rispana river. Abhilasha Nautiyal Abhilasha Nautiyal is a 2010 graduate of Army Institute of Law, Mohali. Thereafter, she went on to pursue her LLM from Harvard Law School, 2014 and has been with Anand and Anand, New Delhi till 2018. Her practice areas include Commercial Dispute Resolution, Intellectual property, Competition Law. She has been part of team that handled India’s first Standard Essential Patents litigation. She has been one of the regular judges of the Competition.
Abhipsit Mishra Abhipsit Mishra graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2014 with a specialization in constitutional law. He is a former Teach for India Fellow and is currently practicing as an advocate in the chambers of Mr. Ritin Rai and appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, Arbitral tribunals as well as regulatory tribunals at New Delhi. While, in law school, his team also won the South- Asia Regionals of the FDI International 6
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Moot Court Competition in 2013, where he was awarded an Hon’ble Mention. His team was ranked fifth in the International rounds of Skadden Arps FDI Moot Court Competition 2013 held in Frankfurt. At the 1st SGS Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2010 held at GLC in Chennai, his team was runners up and Mr. Abhipsit was awarded the second-best speaker. Aditya Gupta Aditya Gupta graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2010 with a Gold Medal. Thereafter, he went on to pursue LLM from Harvard Law School where he focused on subjects pertaining to antitrust, corporate law and intellectual property law. He is practicing before various courts in India, where he is currently working on commercial disputes before the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals on a varied range of subjects such as intellectual property law, competition law, insolvency law and arbitrations. Aditya also advises start-ups and early stage ventures and provides contractual, regulatory and IP solutions.
Aditya Rathore Aditya Rathore graduated with B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2016) and holds an LL.M. with specialization in Law and Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore (2018). In past, he has worked as legal consultant in commercial real estate projects and advised on matters relating to town planning and commercial agreements.
Anand Kumar Anand Kumar has been the Deputy Director (Law) at the Competition Commission of India (CCI), market regulator for competition matters, for 5 years in May 2014. Prior to joining the CCI, he worked as an officer of law at Power Grit Corporation of India Limited (PCIL), New Delhi for a brief period in 2013-14. He is a law graduate of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh where he completed his B.A. LL.B and he did his Maters in Law from Indian Institute of Law, New Delhi with dual specialization in corporate and IPR laws. He also practiced in Delhi High Court for 4 years in IPR matters, particularly in trademark/copyright laws.
Anand Kumar Singh Anand Kumar Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Law at the National Law University, Jodhpur. He completed his LL.B. from the Campus Law Centre at University of Delhi in the year 2012 and went on to complete his Masters in Law (LLM) with specialization in Corporate and Competition Law from the National Law University, Jodhpur in the year 2015. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the National Law University, Jodhpur in the area of Arbitrability of Competition Law Disputes in India. His areas of interest includes Corporate Laws, Competition/Anti-Trust Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Securities Laws (SEBI Regulations), Companies/Business Law and Banking and Finance Laws. He has to his credit several publications in national and international journals of high repute. He has participated and delivered expert lectures in numerous professional training programs, conferences, workshops and seminars. He has been one of the regular judges of the Competition.
Anirudh Purohit Anirudh Purohit graduated in 2012 from University of Pune (BSL, LLB) and completed his post-graduation in 2016 from NLU Jodhpur in business laws. He also has a diploma in cyber laws from ILS, Pune. After his graduation, he started practicing at the Rajasthan High Court in the office of Advocate Vinit Kumar Mathur,
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Assistant Solicitor General (as he then was) till his elevation as High Court judge in November 2016. He currently has his own office and practices independently at the Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur. Anisha Chand Anisha Chand is a Principal Associate at Khaitan & Co. Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, Anisha was associated with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. as a Principal Associate for a year and Senior Associate for two years. Anisha specializes in antitrust/competition laws, and has advised clients on issues related to anti-competitive / abusive market practices and market structures. She advises on compliance aspects related to the enforcement provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 including providing assistance in mock ‘dawn raids’. She is also a Resource Person (for merger control and abuse of dominance, with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. She regularly writes for several domestic and international publications. Her expertise has been recognized in Who's Who Legal- Future Leaders 2017 as well. Ankit Srivastava Mr. Ankit Srivastava, is an Assistant Professor of Law, at National Law University, Jodhpur. He was previously working as Assistant Professor (Law) at Amity Law School, Lucknow (August, 2016 to June, 2018) and has a teaching experience of almost 2 years. He has completed his Master of Laws (LLM in Competition Law) from National Law University, Delhi and Graduation from Symbiosis Law School, Noida. He has numerous paper publications in reputed journals to his credit and has also presented his papers in different National and International conferences. He has also chaired various National Legal events. His area of Interest is Competition Law, Law of Torts, Contract Law and Constitution laws.
Ankit Virmani Mr. Ankit Virmani has been practicing since 2009 with focus on commercial litigation and arbitration. He has worked at prestigious firms like Wadia Gandhy & Co. in Mumbai and Virmani & Virmani in New Delhi. He has handled high-value contentious matters across the country in fields such as contract, regulatory, investor disputes, property law, insolvency, intellectual property etc. He has substantial experience in formulating strategy, drafting, briefing and assisting Senior Advocates and arguing matters in Courts across the country. He has advised and represented clients in various sectors including agro-chemicals, cement, steel, real estate, farm equipment etc.
Ankur Arora Mr. Ankur Arora is working with Trilegal in its Projects and Infrastructure practice. He has considerable experience in advising a diverse set of clients on litigious as well as non-litigious energy and infrastructure matters. Owing to his involvement in large scale transactions in different jurisdictions, he has gained exposure to various legal issues having impact across jurisdictions, including antitrust matters. His area of expertise remain power, including renewable, and surface transport. Anubhuti Mishra An alumnus of King’s College, London and Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Anubhuti is currently working with the Competition Law team at P&A Law Offices, New Delhi. Anubhuti has advised on antitrust enforcement as well as merger review matters. An avid mooter, she has represented her university in several moots including Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot, Willem C Vis, Vienna and ELSA WTO Moot. She was part of the winning team in Henry Dunant National and South Asia rounds, who went on to be the runners up at the International Red Cross Moot Court Competition in 2011.
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Arunava Mukherjee Mr. Arunava Mukherjee is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India. He represents clients ranging from domestic and international companies to individuals and politicians in civil, commercial, criminal, regulatory, and arbitration matters before various courts/tribunals. He also represents clients in competition law matters before the CCI and the NCLAT. He has authored various articles published by leading domestic and international journals, including World Competition (Wolters Kluwer). He is an alumnus of Modern School, Barrackpore and National Law University, Jodhpur. He has previously practiced at leading law firms in London, New Delhi and Singapore including Clifford Chance LLP, London.
Deeksha Manchanda Deeksha Manchanda is a 2011 B.A. LL.B. graduate from National Law Institute University, Bhopal. She was the 2012-13 Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Oxford where she completed her BCL with a specialisation in competition law. Since then she has been practising competition law in India. Currently working at Economic Laws Practices, she has represented a wide range of clients across various sectors before the CCI, the COMPAT, and the Supreme Court as well as in related proceedings before the High Court.
Ishika Rout Ishika Rout joined S&R Associates in 2018. She advises on a range of competition law matters, including on merger control, analysis of commercial agreements, restrictive practices, domestic and cross-border transactions, dominance-related issues, post-acquisition business integration investigations and engaging with the Competition Commission of India. Ishika graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi in 2014. She went on to complete her LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 2018.
Kritika Ramesh Kritika is a 2015 graduate of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Since then she has been working with AZB & Partners, New Delhi with her specific focus on Competition Law.
Noaman Mujahed Noaman is a 2018 graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is currently working with the L&L Law Partners, New Delhi. His practice area is Mergers & Acquisitions Defence Insurance (white collar).
Om Prakash Gautam Om Prakash Gautam, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, at National Law University, Jodhpur. Before joining National Law University Jodhpur, he was working as Assistant Professor (Law) at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (July, 2014 to May, 2015). He also holds the experience of working with Prof. Dr. Yogesh K. Tyagi, Member, Law Commission of India, New Delhi (May, 2013 to September, 2013). He has completed his Master of Laws (LLM) [International Law] from South Asian University, New Delhi (University established By SAARC nations). His areas of interest include: General Principles of International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, Human Rights Law International Commercial Arbitration, International Organizations, Dispute Settlement, Maritime Law (Law of the Sea), Private International Law (Conflict of Laws), and International Environmental Law. He has presented Research Papers at National and International Conferences; and has publications in national and international Journals.
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Param Tandon Mr. Param Tandon holds B.L.S/ LL.B degree from Mumbai University. His professional practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law with an experience of four years. He is presently an associate at Advaita Legal. He has previously worked with Mr. Karan Singh Chandhiok and Mr. M.M. Sharma. He has gained experience in competition litigation and advisory on full spectrum of competition issues from diverse sectors including- Telecommunication, Pharmaceutical, Aviation, Real Estate, infrastructure, Automobile, Railways etc. Param is extensively involved in providing in-house training to corporates on competition compliance. Param has also contributed towards the development of online course on competition law by a leading publisher.
Pranav Mehra Mr. Pranav Mehra is the Senior Legal Counsel at Snapdeal (Indian e-commerce company based in New Delhi, funded by Softbank, eBay, Alibaba, Foxconn & Ratan Tata). He graduated from Amity Law School, Delhi, and has over the years contributed to the ecosystem of legal jurisprudence, be it context setting work for development of laws or assisting in development of jurisprudence at par with mature jurisdictions. In his previous avatar he focused majorly on practicing competition law. His main areas of work now include legal, regulatory and compliance for the e-commerce giant. As the senior legal counsel, he handles new challenges ranging from application of food safety laws to legal metrology, advertising to contracts, website policies to cyber-crime, drugs & cosmetics law to IT Act, plastic waste management to wildlife protection. He also advises the business on implication of new ideas, strategies and compliance. Pranav is part of the Working Group on New Age Markets and Big Data at CCI, and has become the first Indian to become a jury member at the Antitrust Writing Awards 2019 organised by the Institute of Competition Law (Concurrence), New York. He has been felicitated with the “Emerging In-House Counsel of the Year Award 2017” by Indian National Bar Association. A very prestigious award for the young inhouse counsels and in 2018 he was awarded as the “Best Inhouse Counsel of the Year 2018: E-commerce” by Mr. Ram Jethmalani. He has been recently facilitated with, “Best Young Achiever - Inhouse of the Year 2018” by Biz Integration and supported by SILF and IAPP.
Pranjal Mehta Ms. Pranjal Mehta graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in the year 2016. After graduating, she had a brief stint in the private client practice and general corporate team of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai, and shortly thereafter joined the disputes practice of the firm. As part of the disputes team she has represented clients in domestic and international commercial arbitrations, as also in various commercial matters before the Bombay High Court. She is presently practicing with the commercial disputes team of J&M Legal, Chennai. As a student, Pranjal was part of the team that won the G.H. Raisoni Moot Court Competition, K.K. Luthra Moot Court Competition and also qualified the national rounds of the ICC Moot Court Competition.
Prerana De Ms. Prerana De, a graduate of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, started her career at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan working with the GST (Advisory) team and the Competition team. She then moved to Seetharaman & Associates and is currently working there as an associate in the Competition & Dispute Resolution team. Prerana is enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi and has represented clients before the Competition Commission of India, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, PMLA Tribunal, District Court of Rohini, Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
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Rahul Satyan Rahul Satyan an alumnus of London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Delhi. Rahul is currently a Senior Associate, Competition & Anti-Trust team at AZB Partners. Prior to joining AZB Partners, Rahul was associated with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Principal Associate of Competition & Anti-Trust team. He has also worked as Senior Associate at AZB Partners for more than four years after completing his LL.M. from London School of Economics and Political Science, in 2011. In London he was part of the LSE debating team and participated in intra-varsities across the UK. At AZB Partners, he represent clients in competition and antitrust matters at all levels, including the Director General, Competition Commission of India and the Competition Appellate Tribunal. Includes merger control filings (both in Form I and Form II) and advisory work. Rishabh Sancheti Rishabh Sancheti is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He completed European Master in Law and Economics (EMLE) with a full scholarship from the European Union. He was chosen as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar. He has received LL.M. from University of Hamburg, Germany; Diploma di Master Universitario from University of Bologna, Italy; and another LL.M. from University of Vienna, Austria. Prior to this, he graduated cum laude from the National Law University, Jodhpur. Some of the notable matters he has appeared in, include the vires challenge of provisions levying GST on leases under the Goods and Service Tax Act, the Naval War Room Leak Case, the Obulapuram Mining (CBI investigation- Reddy Brothers), the Satyam Scam matters and PIL on Reforms in the Debt Recovery Tribunals. Apart from appearing before the Supreme Court of India, he also regularly appears before various High Courts and Tribunals as a counsel. He also takes up briefs before Trial Courts on both civil and criminal side.
Ruchi Verma Ruchi is an associate with the Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Competition Practice. Her practice includes advising on merger control issues, compliance and risk management, and enforcement matters. She advises various companies across private equity, automotive, financial services, healthcare, retail, Telecom, IT/ITeS and other sectors with respect to competition compliance, review of business arrangements, risk assessment and business and competition strategy. With an experience of over three years, Ruchi has also advised on various marquee and complex transactions such as Reliance/Hathway Cable; Witzig, Amazon and Samara/Aditya Birla Retail Limited; and Sony Pictures/Ten Sports Network. In terms of enforcement matters, she has represented several clients in key enforcement matters before the Competition Commission of India and the National Company Appellate Tribunal, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Real Image and Justickets Private Limited. Saransh Kumar Saransh Kumar is a 2014 graduate of National Law University, Jodhpur. He is presently working with the Disputes team of Khaitan & Co., New Delhi. Prior to his present engagement, Saransh has worked with the Chambers of Mr. Gopal Subramanium, the Additional Advocate General of Rajasthan for the Supreme Court, and Poovayya & Co., New Delhi. In his law school, he has represented his University and won certificates of merit at several moots including, the Willem C. Vis (Vienna), the FDI Moot (Frankfurt) and the LAWASIA Moot (Seoul). Shashank Sharma Shashank graduated from National Law School of India University in 2013. Thereafter, he went on to complete his European Master in Law and Economics in 2017. Since then he has been working with AZB & Partners where his primary focus is Competition Law with specific focus on Behavioural, Merger Control.
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Shikhar Saha Shikhar Saha graduated from National Law University Jodhpur in 2015. He is currently a litigating lawyer based in Delhi. Prior to that he has worked with Trilegal, Delhi. While in the University, he took a keen interest in debating and mooting. In the world rounds of 13th Commonwealth Moot, he was adjudged the overall Second-Best Speaker. He has been a judge at the Anti-Trust moot in its previous editions. Shivam Garg Mr. Shivam Garg is working as an Associate in Indirect Tax Practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where he is engaged in advising clients on business restructuring and representing them in judicial forums. He has graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2017, specializing in trade law honors. He was a senior content editor (2016-2017) of Indian Competition Law Review. He has also laid down the foundation of a blog Competition Law Observer, with other members of Centre for Competition Law and Policy, to create a platform for updates on contemporary issues in Antitrust. Shreya Munoth Ms. Shreya Munoth is an independent lawyer practicing civil, criminal, commercial, and human rights law in the courts of Delhi. She graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2013 and went on to work with the litigation practice area in Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co., New Delhi. She completed her postgraduate degree in law (BCL (Dist.)) at the University of Oxford in 2016-17. After the BCL, she undertook a fellowship at the Women’s Legal Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, jointly funded by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and Oxford Pro Bono Publico. Shriya Nayyar Ms. Shriya Nayyar is an alumnus of the 2016 batch of National Law University, Jodhpur and is currently working in the corporate team at Khaitan & Co., New Delhi. Her areas of expertise include insolvency, restructuring and financing. Her mooting experience includes moot court competitions such as the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition and ELSA Moot Court Competition.
Siddhant Chamola Mr. Siddhant Chamola, an alumnus of the National Law University, Jodhpur is a commercial litigator, practicing before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi, with a special emphasis on Intellectual Property law. Currently associated with the reputed IP firm Anand and Anand, he has been involved in some of the most notable judicial decisions in recent times including those pertaining to Trans-border reputation (Trademarks); FRAND Licensing and SEPs (Patents); Quantification of damages, Jurisdiction of civil courts to adjudicate anti- trust related issues in civil suits concerning violation of IP rights. Besides IP, Siddhant is passionate about a range of issues spanning Constitutional Law, Data Privacy Contract and Arbitration law. He is also an avid fan of music and loves playing the blues on his guitar every now and then.
Soham Banerjee Soham is an associate with the competition law team of Khaitan & Co. and is regularly engaged in advising clients on seeking clearance from the CCI for various global and domestic M&A activities, and in advising and representing clients before various authorities with regards to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance litigation. Prior to working with Khaitan & Co., Soham was briefly associate with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in their Brussels and Amsterdam office, working on European Union and European competition law matters after completing his LL.M. in European and International Business laws from Universiteit Leiden. As an avid mooter, 12
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Soham has represented his university in both under-graduate and post-graduate levels in various prestigious moot court competitions like B.R. Sawhny National Moot Court Competition, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, European Law Moot Court Competition etc.
Sreyansh Mardia Sreyansh graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2012. He started his career with Virmani and Virmani in New Delhi where he primarily practiced on the original side at the Delhi High Court, Supreme Court, and tribunals. Presently, he is working independently; appearing regularly before the High Court and tribunals. He has various reported judgments in the High Court as well as other tribunals. His practice area involves matters pertaining to writ jurisdiction, civil appeals, service law, tax law, disputes pertaining to Benami transactions and commercial transactions. He has also appeared in COMPAT in Excel Crop Care vs. CCI in which the court evolved the law pertaining to "relevant turnover" under the competition act.
Subroto Ghosh Subroto Ghosh, since earning a law degree from Symbiosis Law School, Noida, has worked with Oracle India Private Limited and he is presently working for SAP India Private Limited. At SAP, he is part of five (5) member India Sub-Continent Legal Team [India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh] & the sole point of legal contact for any or all business worth up to 250k USD. Prior to it he has worked as Legal Deal Specialist for Oracle.
Sumit Lalchandani Sumit is a 2015 graduate of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. Thereafter, he went on to work with Chambers of Mr. Salil Kapoor. He regularly appears before the High Court, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and other Tribunals. His work primarily focuses on taxation matters. While in college, he participated in various moot court competitions such as Nani Palkivala National Tax Moot Court Competition , D.M. Harish Memorial International Moot Court Competition, Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Tahir Ashraf Siddiqui Tahir Ashraf Siddiqui is an independent litigator based in Delhi. He is a qualified advocate on record in the Supreme Court of India and one of the standing counsels for Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee in the Delhi High Court. He has previously worked with the corporate regulatory team of L&L Partners, New Delhi (formerly Luthra & Luthra Law Offices) and the chambers of Mr. Amit Sibal, Senior Advocate. He has special interest in competition law and has appeared in a wide array of cases relating to anti-trust laws, including anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance as well as combination before various forums including the Competition Commission of India, the erstwhile Competition Appellate Tribunal (now National Company Law Appellate Tribunal), Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. He graduated with a gold medal in B.A. LLB (Hons.) from National Law University Jodhpur in 2011.
Toshit Shandilya Toshit Shandilya is an associate in the Competition Law team of TT&A. He has been involved in various critical enforcement and merger control cases before the CCI as well as the COMPAT. Toshit has represented clients involving public sector undertakings as well as multi-national organizations in a wide range of industry segments, including aviation, broadcasting, information technology, defence and telecommunication. He graduated
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from National Law University, Delhi in 2013 and has been a law clerk with Justice V S Sirpurkar, Former Chairman, COMPAT where he assisted on a number of important cartel and Abuse of Dominance cases.
Trideep Raj Bhandari Trideep graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur after completing by B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) in 2008. Thereafter, he joined the General Corporate team of Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai. Subsequently in 2009, he shifted to Jodhpur and joined as Assistant to Additional Advocate General, Government of Rajasthan before the Rajasthan High Court. In 2012, he joined M/s. Synco Industries Ltd. and M/s. Samvad Online Services Pvt. Ltd., both group companies based out of Jodhpur as Executive Director. Varendyam Jahnawi Tiwari Varendyam Jahnawi Tiwari, is a Teaching Assistant (Faculty of Law). Before joining the current university, she was working as Assistant Lecturer at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She holds specialisation in Corporate Laws and Company Law, Investment Law, Law of Taxation, Financial Laws and Insolvency Law. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in “Insolvency Law” from National Law University; Jodhpur. She has also represented her college at various State Level and International Moots and has been awarded Best Advocate Award and Best Memorial Award at State Level and International Level respectively. She has contributed research articles in various journals of repute in the area of Insolvency Law, Company Law, Intellectual Property Law, Competition Law, Investment Law, Project Finance, Corporate Restructuring.
Vijay Pratap Singh Chouhan Vijay is a qualified lawyer and is based out of the New Delhi office of Platinum Partners. Prior to joining Platinum Partners, Vijay was associated with Khaitan & Co. as a Senior Associate for more than six years after completing his LL.M. from National Law School, Bangalore, in 2008. Vijay has practiced competition law since its early days of enforcement and focuses his expertise on competition law assessment and representation before the competition authorities in India. Vijay has been involved in advising a number of domestic and international clients on a range of competition law matters. On the merger control side, Vijay regularly advises on substantive competition assessment of corporate transactions and has been involved in drafting and filing of merger notifications for several high profile and complex transactions. On the behavioral side, he has represented clients in some of the major cartel, bid rigging and abuse of dominance cases before the CCI and the appellate tribunal in sectors such as cement, steel, automotive components, tyre, sugar, glass, chemical, natural resources, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, retail, infrastructure, media & entertainment etc.
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SCHEDULE OF THE COMPETITION
March 15, 2019 (Friday)
0730-0830 : Breakfast 0845-1000 : Registration 1000-1030 : Inaugural Ceremony 1045-1145 : Researcher’s Test 1045-1145 : Exchange of Memorials 1200-1330 : Lunch 1600-2130 : Preliminary Rounds & Reverse Preliminary Rounds 2030-2200 : Dinner 2130-2200 : Declaration of Results and Exchange of Memorials for Octa-Final Rounds
March 16, 2019 (Saturday)
0800-0900 : Breakfast 1000-1130 : Octa-Final Rounds 1200-1300 : Fourth NLU Jodhpur Panel Discussion on Antitrust Law, 2019 1315-1445 : Reverse Octa-Final Rounds 1400-1530 : Lunch 1515-1530 : Declaration of Results and Exchange of Memorials for Quarter Final Rounds 1630-1800 : Quarter Final Rounds 1900-2030 : Semi Final Rounds 2030-2200 : Dinner
March 17, 2019 (Sunday)
0730-0900 : Breakfast 0930-1100 : Final Rounds 1130-1215 : Valedictory Ceremony 1220-1330 : Lunch
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ABOUT THE MOOT COURT COMMITTEE
The Moot Court Committee [“Committee”] of the University comprises of a dedicated body of students who are engaged in the organization of moot court competitions hosted by the University. The Committee currently consists of twenty-five members, formally appointed through an extensive selection process, who are well experienced in the organization of various moot court competitions. In addition, to conducting competitions within the university, the Committee has hosted several national and international court competitions, viz. the Annual M.M. Singhvi Memorial Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition, the Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (North-India Rounds), the Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, and the NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition. The members of the Committee are:
Mansi Srivastava Rahul Mantri (Co-Convener) (Co-Convener)
Abhilasha Gupta Subarna Saha (Advisor) (Advisor)
(Members) Arunima Vijay Divya Kumar Aditya Suresh Anurag Singh
Shreya Singh Kuldeep Lakwal Khushi Maheshwari Jatin Soni
Dhruv Chadha Radhika Malpani Pradumn Varshney Rishika Arya
Rajat Sharma Radhika Shukla Preeti Gurnani Sirisha Prasad
Saher Fatima Rajat Sinha Vishwas Agarwal
Srishti Rai Chhabra Vivek Krishnani
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CONTACT PERSONS
1. Mansi Srivastava Joint-Convenor, Moot Court Committee +91-9799690148 2. Rahul Mantri Joint-Convenor, Moot Court Committee +91-9468551690 3. Abhilasha Gupta Advisor, Moot Court Committee +91-9694249112 4. Subarna Saha Advisor, Moot Court Committee +91-7073003734
For any further assistance and information: Telephone: 0291-2577530, 2577526 Facsimile: 0291-2577540 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.nlujodhpur.ac.in/antitrust.php
COMPETITION VENUE
National Law University, Jodhpur, NH-65, Nagour Road, Mandore, Jodhpur - 342 304, Rajasthan.
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